Temporal effects of mancozeb on testes, accessory reproductive organs and biochemical constituents in albino mice

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Ksheerasagar, Raghavendra L ^a   Kaliwal, Basappa B ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical constituents; Histology; Male mice; Mancozeb; Spermatogenic cells; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; GLYCOGEN; LIPID; MANCOZEB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPLEEN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYROID WEIGHT;

EID: 0345258079     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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